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The Southern Transitional Council has seized control of parts of Yemen over the past week, with ambitions to create a “south Arabian state.” source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/world/middleeast/yemen-separatists.html

Ana Corina Sosa, the daughter of the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of her mother, who was unable to arrive in Oslo ahead of the ceremony. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010578427/m…

Born into an aristocratic British family, he turned his knowledge of the world’s largest land mammals to the cause of saving them from poachers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/world/africa/iain-douglas-hamilton-dead.html

The drone strikes were blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, extending a pattern of atrocities in Sudan’s 2½-year civil war. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/world/africa/sudan-un-attack-rsf.html

The plane, carrying about 50 Iranians and other deportees, took off from Arizona on Sunday, under a deal the Trump administration reached with Iran two months ago. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/world/middleeast/us-deports-second-planeload-iranians.html

The country certainly still faces many challenges. But some things are now going right there — and those are worth our attention, too. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/world/syria-anniversary-assad-benin-trump.html

Ms. Perry and Mr. Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada, posed together in photos and videos on Instagram, making them “Instagram official.” source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/world/canada/katy-perry-justin-trudeau-relationship-japan.html

Officials told the Indian news media that the fire tore through a nightclub in the southwestern state of Goa, a popular tourist destination. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/asia/goa-india-nightclub-fire.html

President Trump backed Nasry Asfura days before the Nov. 30 election and denounced his opponents. In a close race, that has potentially tipped the scales. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/americas/honduras-voters-trump-election.html

Two people were rescued from a half-sunken boat off the island of Crete on Saturday evening, but 17 others died in the wreck. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/europe/greece-shipwreck-migrants.html

Venezuelan officials say María Corina Machado will be considered a fugitive if she goes to Oslo, laying bare the risks for the opposition leader. source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/americas/venezuela-peace-prize-norway.html